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The incident with the Boeing 737 - a hole in the roof!
In the photo from a mobile phone passenger seen a hole in the skin of the aircraft Southwest Airlines, made an emergency landing in Yuma, Arizona
Flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, California, was forwarded to Yuma due to depressurization of the cabin. Representative of the Federal Aviation Administration Ian Gregor said that the reason has not yet been established. But according to the testimony of passengers on board, was the cause of the emergency landing of a hole in the roof of the aircraft.
7 photos via rusrep.ru
About 300 flights American Airlines Southwest Airlines on Sunday will be postponed due to the test Boeing 737 because of an incident that occurred the day before. After committing the safe landing of the crew discovered a hole in the top of the plane & quot ;, - said in a statement the airline. Of the 118 people on board, the flight attendant received minor injuries but did not require hospitalization her. Among the passengers no one was hurt, noted in the Southwest Airlines.
A similar case with far more serious consequences occurred with this model airliner in 1988. Then 737 company Aloha Airlines urgently villages in Hawaii, as in flight at an altitude of 24 thousand feet collapsed part of the fuselage. Pilots managed to safely land, but 61 people were injured, and one of the flight attendants died.
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April 28, 1988 737 operates flights between the Hawaiian Hilo and Honolulu. At a height of 7, 3 kilometers in the upper part of the fuselage formed a small crack that led to explosive decompression of the aircraft. The entire upper half of the fuselage broke off and flew away. Where should be the first-class cabin roof, gaping blue sky.
Stewardess Clarabelle Lansing at the time of decompression collected from passengers empty cups. According to eyewitnesses, it pulled out of the plane through the hole in the left side. At this point, then found outside the bulge of the fuselage with traces of blood on the reverse side - is likely to witness a header.
The aircraft was able to successfully land on the island of Maui. Successful landings with injuries of this magnitude in the history of no more. 65 of the 90 passengers were injured, 7 - serious. All except the flight attendants survived.
Crew commander Robert Shornshtaymer and the first pilot Madeline "Mimi" Tompins remained in the ranks. Robert retired in 2005. "Mimi" was the commander of the crew and is still flying on Boeing 737.
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Flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, California, was forwarded to Yuma due to depressurization of the cabin. Representative of the Federal Aviation Administration Ian Gregor said that the reason has not yet been established. But according to the testimony of passengers on board, was the cause of the emergency landing of a hole in the roof of the aircraft.
7 photos via rusrep.ru
About 300 flights American Airlines Southwest Airlines on Sunday will be postponed due to the test Boeing 737 because of an incident that occurred the day before. After committing the safe landing of the crew discovered a hole in the top of the plane & quot ;, - said in a statement the airline. Of the 118 people on board, the flight attendant received minor injuries but did not require hospitalization her. Among the passengers no one was hurt, noted in the Southwest Airlines.
A similar case with far more serious consequences occurred with this model airliner in 1988. Then 737 company Aloha Airlines urgently villages in Hawaii, as in flight at an altitude of 24 thousand feet collapsed part of the fuselage. Pilots managed to safely land, but 61 people were injured, and one of the flight attendants died.
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April 28, 1988 737 operates flights between the Hawaiian Hilo and Honolulu. At a height of 7, 3 kilometers in the upper part of the fuselage formed a small crack that led to explosive decompression of the aircraft. The entire upper half of the fuselage broke off and flew away. Where should be the first-class cabin roof, gaping blue sky.
Stewardess Clarabelle Lansing at the time of decompression collected from passengers empty cups. According to eyewitnesses, it pulled out of the plane through the hole in the left side. At this point, then found outside the bulge of the fuselage with traces of blood on the reverse side - is likely to witness a header.
The aircraft was able to successfully land on the island of Maui. Successful landings with injuries of this magnitude in the history of no more. 65 of the 90 passengers were injured, 7 - serious. All except the flight attendants survived.
Crew commander Robert Shornshtaymer and the first pilot Madeline "Mimi" Tompins remained in the ranks. Robert retired in 2005. "Mimi" was the commander of the crew and is still flying on Boeing 737.
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